STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL POLICY AND LEGAL AFFAIRSHouse of Representatives committeeThursday, 24 March 2011Regulation of billboard and outdoor advertisingFinal

CHAIR (Mr Perrett)
—I declare open this public hearing of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs inquiry into the regulation of billboard and outdoor advertising. I would like to acknowledge the Ngunawal and Ngamberri people, the traditional custodians of this and, and pay our respects to the elders past, present and future. The committee also acknowledges the present Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who now reside in this area and thanks them for their continuing stewardship of this land.

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